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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think a lot of people associate the plain pants plus plain polo shirt look with poor/inner city schools. [/quote]

My daughter goes to a school with these uniforms. It doesn't help that the mall stores that sell these clothes use raggedy fabrics, so by the day's end, I am embarrassed of how she looks: shirt stretched out and misshapen, stained because white on a five year old. And I don't see how uniforms are cheaper in the long run. Yes, the shirts cost $5. But she has been wearing these cheap polos for two weeks and they already look worn out. Basically forcing kids to wear rags, no pride in appearances. (I'm waiting for mail man to bring some good quality clothes but had to order those online.)

If wearing uniforms is supposed to make poor kids behave better, how about letting them have some recess time instead so they can play and burn off steam, instead of the 20 minutes as at her school and expecting them to obey the rest of the time? Or give kids enough time for work so they can focus, explore their ideas and feel their work matters, rather than rushing them from one exercise to the next? My daughter takes pride in coloring but only has time to "scribble scrabble" at school, and unhappy with the mess.

These environments are built for bad behaviour, what between the kids looking raggedy and being too rushed to make trying worth while because will run out of time before the next task. The opposite of Montessori. 
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